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  • Upgrading ESXi 6.7 to 7.0 using SSH/ ESXCLI February 6, 2021
    Had some downtime to the nested lab, as adding more RAM, so thought perfect time to upgrade my baremetal “master” ESXi host. Run up a putty window and type the following esxcli software sources profile list -d https://hostupdate.vmware.com/software/VUM/PRODUCTION/main/vmw-depot-index.xml | grep ESXi-7.0.1 My plan is to move to ESXi 7.0 U1D. So run this command. esxcli […]
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  • VSAN HCL Update (Offline) February 2, 2021
    Had a job to update the HCL, as our vCenter doesn’t have internet access we had to do an offline update.   Go onto a machine that has access and download the JSON file from below. https://partnerweb.vmware.com/service/vsan/all.json (Right click, Save as, on the above link)   Click on Update From File   After a minute […]
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  • Installing Horizon 8.1 Connection Server on Windows 2019. January 14, 2021
    This is the first part in a series of blog posts to install Horizon 2012 (Aka 8.1) – These are basic install steps on how to get up and running with Horizon 2012. I really like the Horizon product and what it brings, EUC has always been important but more so in the last year, […]
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  • VMware vSphere 7.0 U1 C Released January 11, 2021
    Just before Xmas this update landed https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/7.0/rn/vsphere-vcenter-server-70u1c-release-notes.html Looking forward to testing out this new feature that’s appeared after the upgrade! Just need to deploy another vCenter! The post VMware vSphere 7.0 U1 C Released first appeared on .
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  • SRM 8.3.1.1 Released January 11, 2021
    SRM 8.3.1.1 was released in December. https://docs.vmware.com/en/Site-Recovery-Manager/8.3/rn/srm-releasenotes-8-3-1-1.html Planning a walk through of an upgrade from 8.2 to 8.3.1.1 (With Pure Storage). Look out for this walkthrough coming soon ! The post SRM 8.3.1.1 Released first appeared on .
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  • VCSA 7.0 Backups with SMB November 23, 2020
    Today I was asked to set some of backups of vCenter. My pre-reqs (Windows Fileserver) Network Path (mine being \\MS1-FS1\vcenterbackup) Service Account of vcenterbackup Open up the VAMI of your vCenter :5480 Log in as root Make sure your Username doesn’t include your domain (In my case it was ms1/vcenterbackup) as error is listed […] […]
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  • VCSA 7.0 – Forgotten root password October 30, 2020
    Resetting Root Password Reboot your vCenter VM Press “E” on bootup. Enter rw /bin/bash at the end of the 2nd line as below. Press F10 to boot into rescue shell. At the prompt, type in Mount -o remount,rw / passwd Type in your new password Finally type in umount / reboot -f Now I can […]
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  • VMworld 2020 Back Pack! October 23, 2020
    Nice email to find out I’ve won a Limited Edition backpack, nice one VMware The post VMworld 2020 Back Pack! first appeared on .
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  • 2V0-21.20 Study Guide! August 12, 2020
    Hi All, the plan is to create a study guide for all the objectives on the “Version 7” of the exam…. To start with please check out the blueprint of the exam. I anticipate this will take me a few months to put together, as I have a 3 year old and a day job […]
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  • Professional VMware vSphere 7.x (2V0-21.20) – PASSED! July 30, 2020
    Today I sat the VCP – DCV 2020 (based on vSphere 7) exam, and happy to say I passed!!… To that end, I will be creating an unofficial study guide, with links & demos of some of the requirements and objectives taken from the blueprint. This will be a work in progress but I am […]
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